A fractal multi-dimensional ultrasound scatterer distribution model

2007 4th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 880-883

  Laporte, Catherine ^a   Clark, James J ^a   Arbel, Tal ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic imaging; Fractals; Simulation; Speckle; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HILBERT SPACES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCATTERING; ULTRASONICS;

IMAGE SIMULATION; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL POINT SCATTERER DISTRIBUTION MODEL; STATISTICAL MODELS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 36348989594     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2007.356993     Document Type: Conference Paper

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